CULTURED PEARL JEWELRY

Cultured Pearl Jewelry has always fascinated women all over the world. Love for pearl jewelry and its beauty dazzled many known celebrities, such as Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Princess Diana. Queens and princesses have adorned themselves with all kinds of pearl necklaces, pearl earrings and other pearl jewelry.

Designers make pearl jewelry with all types and quality of pearls such as freshwater pearls, akoya pearls, Tahitian and south seawater pearls. Each type of pearl comes from different type of oysters’ family. Value of any pearl jewelry is evaluated by the quality, size, shape and type of pearls.

Pearls, pearl necklaces - pearl jewelry are always alluring and dazzling because of their natural and lustrous appeal. Pearl Jewelry is one of the most romantic jewelry gifts. Pearls are not only symbol of purity, virtue and modesty but are real organic gems on this earth. Cultured pearls are more than just jewels. If diamonds are forever, pearls are timeless fashion statement. Pearl Jewelry is always in fashion and always in style.

The variety of colors, shapes, sizes, quality and origin makes pearl jewelry most fascinating. Cultured Pearl Jewelry has always been in fashion and we at pearl princess are as passionate as women are about wearing pearl Jewelry. Our Pearl Jewelry quality is par excellence because we offer the finest and the superb quality pearls. Pearl Princess offers a variety of pearl jewelry designed with very selective hand picked lustrous pearls.

AKOYA PEARLS

Our Fast Selling Item this season - Akoya pearls. Very small mantle tissue beads are implanted inside the Pinctada fucata martensii oysters to form beautiful akoya pearls. Kokochi Mikimoto of Japan had invented and patented the bead-nucleating technology of culturally growing these pearls in the seawaters. Akoya oyster rarely produces more than two pearls whereas freshwater oysters are nucleated to produce about fifty pearls each. Akoya pearls normally take longer time to grow and the total quantity comparatively is not very large due to variable seawater climatic conditions and oysters’ mortality. Akoya pearls are primarily cultivated in the sea salt waters off the coastal areas of Japan and China but in recent years China is producing in large quantity and their quality is excellent.

Akoya pearls are also known for their intense luster, stunning overtones and very excellent quality. Akoya pearls generally come in perfect round shape, their nacre is thick and luster is extra ordinary. Akoya pearls come in natural white and cream colors with natural overtones. Akoya pearls typically command high prices as compare to freshwater pearls but they are excellent choice for many women and have always been extremely popular.

PEARL NECKLACES

Well, we all know women love jewelry and it is perhaps their inner passion to wear gorgeous piece of jewelry. Among many other choices, pearl necklace is the preferred choice of many women because of its natural lustrous appeal.

When it comes to pearl necklace, usually it’s a white color pearl necklace. White color pearl necklaces are classic, traditional and generally designed with round shape pearls. Pearls come in other natural colors too, like gray, black, golden, light green etc. However, pearls can be color-enhanced to suit fashion and style in lavender, pink, peach, gold, black and blue as well. But natural original color pearl necklaces are always preferred and command higher prices. A typical pearl necklace is hand-knotted with about 40 pearl beads. Pearl Necklaces are not restricted to round shape pearls only. Tear drop, pear, potato, coin and irregular baroque shape pearls are equally popular among women and commonly used by jewelers and designers alike. Pearl necklaces are designed with various pearl types such as freshwater pearls, akoya seawater pearls, Tahitian and South seawater pearls and their prices vary according to type and quality among other factors. Pearl Necklaces made with akoya pearls are typically very good in quality because of its lutrous appeal and are very popular now. Pearl necklaces go very well with all types of dresses, casual or formal. Pearl necklaces especially blend excellent when wearing evening attires and wedding gowns. You will find many brides wearing these beautiful pearl necklaces. Pearls are natural gems and pearl necklace enhances the beauty of a woman and brings grace and elegance of style.

When it comes to pearl size the most popular sizes are between 6mm to 8.5mm. Small sizes are very common among younger girls and larger sizes are preferred choice of many women. Besides pearls shape and size, pearl necklaces come in various unique stylish lengths:

Pearl Collar – 12 to 13 inches length Pearl Choker ~ 14 to 16 inches Princess Necklace ~ 17 to 19 inches Matinee Necklace ~ 20 to 25 inches Opera Necklace ~ 26 to 36 inches Pearl Rope ~ 37 inches or longer